# Roundup: After-school care, post-religion, the art of losing, being Christian, Syria, planning pastors

> Children from low-income communities are being further disadvantaged with limited access to out of school hours care, new research shows.

22 March 2012 · News

Canonical: https://insights1.uca.org.au/articles/roundup-after-school-care-post-religion-the-art-of-losing-being-christian-syria-planning-pastors/

## [Poor kids don’t access after-school care](https://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8437845/poor-kids-dont-access-after-school-care)

Children from low-income communities are being further disadvantaged with limited access to out of school hours care, new research shows.

## [Christianity after religion](https://www.religiondispatches.org/books/atheologies/5784/awakening%2C_counter-awakening%2C_and_the_end_of_church/)

The United States is currently in the throes of a spiritual awakening, says Diana Butler Bass.

## [Stripped bare](https://www.christiancentury.org/article/2012-03/stripped-bare)

Jesus teaches the art of losing. It’s one of the reasons why some of us still sit in darkened churches on a Thursday and Friday night.

## [Richard Harries on Christianity](https://thebrowser.com/interviews/richard-harries-on-christianity)

The former bishop of Oxford tells us about books that explore what it means to be a Christian – from St Augustine and medieval mysticism to grappling with Dostoyevsky and more modern dilemmas.

## [Church leaders call for UN action on 1st anniversary of Syria uprising](https://www.methodist.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=opentogod.newsDetail&newsid=560)

The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church have added their voices to the growing call for the UN Security Council to demonstrate a united opposition to the violent actions of the Syrian regime.

## [How pastors plan to improve their churches](https://www.barna.org/congregations-articles/560-how-pastors-plan-to-improve-their-churches)

A new Barna Group study examined how pastors of Protestant churches plan to improve the strategic, operational, and administrative aspects of their ministries.